[p2p-research] bio is tech bk

[Michel Bauwens]

hi ryan,

what you say is in line with the low treshold conditions for peer production
to occur ... what's your take on security issues?

say, cooking up a deadly virus?

Michel

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The particularly interesting thing about DIYbio to me is that it is as much
> a breadth science as an analytical/depth one alone.  Unlike, say, physics,
> or even economics, there is no need for great analytical and/or mathematical
> prowess to be a serious biologist.  Of course it helps to know some
> statistics and to be good at spacial geometry for biochemistry, but what is
> needed is often fairly straightforward--someone with the general science
> training of a physician can hope to do work that is at the edge.  Further,
> computers can be great assistants in this area today...not someday.
>
> As with garage manufacturing, it is feasible that there will be large
> numbers of distributed bio-companies doing everything from purifying cooking
> oils to making small batches of nanoparticles, cleaning microbes or
> concentrated flavors.  For obvious reasons, regulations in this area become
> an issue.  Someone messing with weaponable materials is obviously a problem.
>
> I'd recommend those contemplating distributed manufacturing consider adding
> DIYbio to their portfolios.  It's an obvious link.  There will also be
> combination areas...e.g. laying down organs through ink-jetting stem cells
> onto forms.  Replacement biology alone is a huge area of near-term promise.
> One can see this by the fact that advances are coming broadly from a wide
> range of institutions globally.  It isn't just at CERN or Harvard, etc.
> where things are popping.  Again, breadth sciences/technologies have the
> likelihood of moving much faster...as when edge physics could be done on a
> notebook in Copenhagen or Zurich as opposed to in a giant machine nations
> have to coordinate to build.
>
> Ryan
>
>
>   On 2/22/10, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Bryan Bishop <kanzure at gmail.com> Feb 15 12:03AM -0600 ^<http:///?ui=2&view=bsp&ver=1qygpcgurkovy#126d16926442f959_digest_top>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Randy <bebobio at gmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 11:40 PM
>> Subject: Biology is Technology - book review
>> To: DIYbio <diybio at googlegroups.com>
>>
>>
>> This is a book review that may be of interest to the DIYbio community.
>> The author, Rob Carlson, is intimately involved with DIYbio, in fact,
>> as proof of principle he has started his own successful garage biotech
>> company.
>>
>> The main premise of this book is that biology is a transformative
>> technology that will depend on amateur/garage/DIY for innovation. The
>> book spans a wide variety of topics, from synthetic biology and IGEM,
>> to biology as an engineering discipline, and the future applications
>> of biotech in regards to human health and bio-fuels, including a
>> comparison of open source software and "open biology".
>>
>> Carlson uses the examples of aviation and computer science as a
>> touchstone for the possibilities that lay ahead for innovation in
>> biotech.
>>
>> Check out his company's website:  http://www.synthesis.cc/
>>
>> And the website for his book:  http://www.biologyistechnology.com/
>>
>> In summary, it's well worth the price of admission to buy the book and
>> take advantage of the voice of experience. Rob Carlson offers a
>> critical and open minded view of the possibilities of garage bio, as
>> well as the pitfalls that may await.
>>
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